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72 Hour Kits Revisited: Part 1 of 2

72 hour kits are an important part of emergency preparedness. Today we’re looking at the non-food part of the kits and sharing ideas that our readers submitted. Continue reading

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Added Emergency Preparedness Pages

As we promised on Tuesday, we have now added three sub-pages to the new Emergency Preparedness tab. To check them out, simply click on “Emerg Prep” at the top of our site. Then click on each of these three icons … Continue reading

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More 72 Hour Kit Food Ideas

One of the first things we teach you when you are getting started with your food storage is to get an Emergency Preparedness Plan in place. This includes having a Disaster Kit containing 72 Hour Food Kits for every member … Continue reading

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How To Make a Coffee Can Heater

As part of our Emergency Preparedness Plan we include a list of items to include in a “Car Kit”. This is a kit that you keep in your car with useful items in case you have a road-side emergency. One … Continue reading

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Water and 72 Hour Kit Reminders

This is a friendly reminder from Food Storage Made Easy to take care of some of your “maintenance items” this weekend. If you are a member of the LDS Church we like to recommend that you take care of these … Continue reading

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72 Hour/Disaster Kits for Babies/Toddlers

Due to popular demand, we have put together a comprehensive list of things you may want to consider including in your disaster kit if you have babies or toddlers at home. Remember these are only guidelines, and you should customize … Continue reading

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How to Create an Emergency Binder

What is an Emergency Binder? As we talk about under Getting Started, each family should have a disaster kit put together which includes things like first aid items, 72 hour food kits, extra outfits, etc. An emergency binder is an … Continue reading

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